<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Botched News</title><description>Botched News is a satirical newspaper. Every story is made up and reported with a straight face.</description><link>https://botchednews.co.uk/</link><language>en-gb</language><item><title>Gogoșescu Offers Detention Centre a €6m Swiss Credit Line, Accepts Its Coffee Machine as Guarantee</title><link>https://botchednews.co.uk/news/2026-10-03-gogosescu-coffee-machine-credit-line/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://botchednews.co.uk/news/2026-10-03-gogosescu-coffee-machine-credit-line/</guid><description>Officers later added a microwave to raise the facility to €15m. Prosecutors trying to locate the Swiss bank were last seen at a patisserie in Buzău.</description><pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 08:30:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Satire</category><category>politics</category><category>gogosescu</category><category>diicot</category><category>bucharest</category><category>credit</category></item><item><title>Romania Issues Nationwide Emergency Alert During 6-0 Defeat in Warsaw, Advises Citizens to Avoid Second Half</title><link>https://botchednews.co.uk/news/2026-10-03-romania-ro-alert-warsaw/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://botchednews.co.uk/news/2026-10-03-romania-ro-alert-warsaw/</guid><description>Phones sounded across the country after Poland&apos;s fourth goal. Officials said the national team had met every criterion for a red warning, including duration.</description><pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Satire</category><category>sport</category><category>hagea</category><category>romania</category><category>nations-league</category><category>ro-alert</category></item><item><title>Stuppin Tells Urals Forum He Has Been &apos;a Bad Man&apos;, Pledges to Cut Arms Output and Give Up Drinking</title><link>https://botchednews.co.uk/news/2026-10-03-stuppin-bad-man-urals-forum/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://botchednews.co.uk/news/2026-10-03-stuppin-bad-man-urals-forum/</guid><description>The president wept at the lectern after describing his nightmares. By the evening, two ministries had denied the speech, the tears and, in one case, the drinking.</description><pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Satire</category><category>politics</category><category>stuppin</category><category>kremlin</category><category>urals</category><category>monastery</category></item><item><title>Plump Clocks In at McDowell County Coal Mine After Miners&apos; Symposium Runs Late</title><link>https://botchednews.co.uk/news/2026-10-03-plump-clocks-in-at-mcdowell-mine/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://botchednews.co.uk/news/2026-10-03-plump-clocks-in-at-mcdowell-mine/</guid><description>The president was issued a cap lamp, a brass tag and a self-rescuer, and completed the full shift without incident, according to mine records.</description><pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Satire</category><category>politics</category><category>plump</category><category>coal</category><category>mining</category><category>west-virginia</category></item></channel></rss>